Battlefords News-Optimist

We didn't get the April showers we had hoped for, but gardeners are excited about the May flowers and with the greenhouses opening, we will soon see beautiful blooms around town again. Minor Ball Day is being held May 6.

LANGLEY Herbert "Ian" of Burnaby, British Columbia, passed away April 15, 2012 in his 92nd year. Ian died from cancer after a long illness. Ian was born on a farm near Speers, Saskatchewan, to Herbert and Sarah Langley.

Dante Carter, a student at Ernie Studer School in Loon Lake is among four winners chosen from the 670 Saskatchewan school children who participated in a SaskPower Shand Greenhouse poster contest that highlights the links between electrical production

Six years ago the Regional Optimist made the transition from an advertiser paper to one featuring Battlefords news as well as news from around the region.

The Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve Planning District Initiative to help plan the future hosted a community meeting on April 16 at the seniors' centre to discuss their future.

Seventy-five years is a big number. Especially for a club in small town Saskatchewan, but that is what the Senlac multiple 4-H club is celebrating this year.

"I've never heard of a jewelry swap party," the first guest announced enthusiastically, while entering the door. This comment was made by most of the other ladies during the afternoon of fun at our home in Sonningdale April 14.

The season is over and now teams and the executive of the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League will look to the 2012-13 campaign.

If North Battleford is going to rid itself of the dubious title of Crime Capital of Canada, the RCMP's city detachment crime statistics for 2012 probably need to improve, and soon.

The Prairie North Health Region will be receiving about $2.7 million from the provincial government to reduce surgical wait times.